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Edmonton大学学生对U-Pass说yes) D% h% p' D! z4 d8 v) X, P' Q
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Alberta大学学生经过投票赞同实用强制性的公车通行卡, 这一举动将使得学生们每学期额外花费75加元.
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7 A) g' o$ N; V! M6 Y* C) a4 g本周早些时候举行的投票中, 84%的学生赞成使用这种通行卡, 这种通行卡对于所有学生将是强制性购买的, 无论其是否使用公共交通.3 |6 M/ O+ X$ A+ `; e* G
) z) X) v7 X$ y" k: i9 j9 u持这种U-pass通行卡的学生可以在Edmonton, Saint Albert和Strathcona County地区无限制地乘坐公交车.4 a$ B, k9 Y* _1 d' ?3 k G
$ D, Z- U2 f' d据Alberta大学的学生会会长Samantha Power周五说, 对此问题的争论和商议, 大约花费了5年的时间才使大家达成共识.. P1 p4 X7 P1 J. `
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“由于这是强制性的,所以我们的确需要确认这是学生们可以承受的. 我们不想让那些不常使用公交车的学生处在不利的地位, 所以选定了75加元使用四个月, 这大约是每周乘坐一个往返的费用.”' d- r9 G3 U' e4 l. j1 y5 p
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Power说这种U-Pass卡将从环保角度友情鼓励更多的学生使用公交系统, 这种新卡将在下一个秋天正式起用, 并且对于现在已经购买月卡的人来说, 每年将会节省约300加元.4 u3 M( ^; C: G9 x- B
! D- u% @5 j) b$ ^7 |* G目前已经有几个加拿大的城市建立了U-Pass卡系统, 为高中以上的学生提供服务, 包括Victoria(维多利亚), Vancouver(温哥华),以及Calgary(卡尔加里).
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4 R' B* I/ L7 m4 b8 g k: t---------------原文如下----------------
' V D/ h h6 t Q4 X; d+ Q摘自CBC Edmonton News, 3月10日9 p: V+ K V! y6 `6 g- i: x0 P+ \8 K
- e5 d2 N3 _7 b* C7 K+ Q1 bStudents at the University of Alberta have voted in favour of mandatory bus passes, a move that will cost students an extra $75 every term." a2 z. b/ w( D g/ ^1 B( V& _5 V
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A vote held earlier in the week saw 84 per cent of students in favour of the passes, which will be mandatory regardless of whether or not they ride on transit.
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; e7 [5 ^$ Y2 r. W1 |. C2 P9 ZThe U-Pass will give students unlimited travel on public transit in Edmonton, Saint Albert and Strathcona County.
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Getting to this point took five years of debate and negotiations, said U of A student union president Samantha Power on Friday.6 P9 p& o5 h2 Q9 T
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"We really needed to make sure that it was affordable for students because it's mandatory. We didn't want students who don't use transit as often to be put at a disadvantage, so at $75 for four months, it's about one round trip a week."- X! B, o5 l2 L' u" j
0 c$ I% D$ k( |) S/ S1 DPower said the U-Pass will be environmentally friendly by encouraging more students to use transit, and those who already buy monthly passes will save about $300 a year when the new pass kicks in next fall.
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7 h- t' l6 y% l( I: [$ m' N: o) kSeveral cities across Canada have set-up U-Pass systems for post-secondary students, including Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary. |
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